Branch Rickey

Will Lamb should be an open-and-shut case for Major League scouts. He is 6-foot-6, left-handed and throws 90 mph. So you need not be fluent in sabermetrics or a descendent of Branch Rickey to project Lamb's baseball future. He's a pitcher. Or so he, and most bird dogs, thought. Except Lamb is also a first-rate center fielder, so good this season at Clemson that scouts are telling him he's likely to begin his professional career there. With the Major League draft set for Monday-Wednesday, that career could be close at hand for Lamb, a 2008 York High graduate. While Lamb figures to be selected in the first five rounds, Virginia pitcher Danny Hultzen is likely to be among...

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Will Lamb should be an open-and-shut case for Major League scouts. He is 6-foot-6, left-handed and throws 90 mph.
So you need not be fluent in sabermetrics or a descendent of Branch Rickey to project Lamb's baseball future.
He's a pitcher.
Or so he,...

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